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	Church of England - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		The tiny church in the town of Stratford-on-Avon, England, where William Shakespeare was baptized and buried is falling apart, and fans of the bard are being asked to help raise more than $6 million to repair the ravages of eight centuries.(Briefly noted)(repairs to Holy Trinity Church)(Brief article)
		The Church of England's general synod has approved relaxed rules on the remarriage of divorced people after a long debate, but the session ran out of time November 14, leaving unresolved the question of how to implement its new policies.
		The Church of England's Board for Social Responsibility has called for the decriminalization of marijuana in its report to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee's study of whether the British government's drug policy is working.(Brief Article)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-X-ChurchEn.html (449 words)

	Free Church Federation - LoveToKnow 1911
		England and Wales have since been completely covered with a network of local councils, each of which elects its due proportion of representatives to the national gathering.
		Although the objects of the Free Church councils are thus in their nature and spirit religious rather than political, there are occasions on which action is taken on great national affairs.
		A remarkable manifestation of this unprecedented reunion was the fact that a committee of the associated churches prepared and published a catechism expressing the positive and fundamental agreement of all the Evangelical Free Churches on the essential doctrines of Christianity (see The Contemporary Review, January 1899).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Free_Church_Federation (779 words)

	Free Church of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Free Church of England is an Anglican church which separated from the established Church of England in 1844.
		The church was founded by evangelical clergy in Devon in response to the Anglo-Catholicism of Henry Phillpotts, the Bishop of Exeter.
		Parishes in England are concentrated in the north and south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Free_Church_of_England (678 words)

	Free Church of England
		The Free Church of England has its origin within Ecclesia Anglicana, while the implicit Common Law Trust dates from 1844, and the civil constitution was registered with the Court of Chancery on August 31st, 1863.
		The Free Church of England arose due to the Dr Philpotts, Bishop of Exeter withdrawing the licence of the Revd James Shore, a successful evangelical curate of ten years standing in Bridgetown.
		The Duke then consented to the wish of his tenants to allow the Church to open outside the established Church this was done on April 14th, 1844.
	www.fcofe.freeserve.co.uk (555 words)

	Church of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It houses the cathedra or throne of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and is the mother church of the Diocese of Canterbury (east Kent) and the Church of England, and the focus for the Anglican Communion.
		The Church of England traces its formal corporate history from the 597 Augustinian mission, stresses its continuity and identity with the primitive universal Western church, and notes the consolidation of its particular independent and national character in the post-Reformation events of Tudor England.
		The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Church_of_England (2479 words)

	Free Church Education Unit
		The Free Church Education Unit was set by the Methodist Church and the Free Churches Council on 1 April 2001.
		The Free Church Education Committee comprises of between 16 and 20 members of whom 12 are representative members appointed by the denominations of the Free Churches Group, including the Free Churches in Wales.
		Officers of the Free Church Education Unit service the Committee and are accountable to it as they work collaboratively to promote the public education work of the Free Churches.
	www.freechurcheducation.org.uk /aboutus.shtml (1018 words)

	VirtueOnline - News - ENGLAND: Ecumenical Responses to Rochester Report on Women Bishops
		It should be noted that most evangelical churches and denominations in England are not ecumenical partners of the Church of England.
		The Free Church of England is one possible exception to this, but it has split, partly because of the ecumenical involvement of the leadership.
		Those churches that are truly reformed are generally not involved in the bodies which are engaged in ecumenical relations with the Church of England.
	www.virtueonline.org /portal/modules/news/print.php?storyid=3567 (559 words)

	Page 377
		In America the name " free church " is sometimes given to a congregation which does not rent sit tings at a fixed charge, but derives its revenues from the spontaneous contributions of attendants.
		The federa tion was initiated at a congress of members of free churches in the city of Manchester in November, 1892.
		It was the Free Church of England, with hopes of becoming the Church of England of the future.
	www.ccel.org /s/schaff/encyc/encyc04/htm/0393=377.htm (787 words)

	St Stephens Episcopal Church
		The principle of free Church of England organization in the province of Pennsylvania was enunciated in the Charter granted by the Crown to William Penn, Proprietary, on March 4, 1680.
		The Methodists stemmed from the radical element in the Church of England, and their religious excitement was fed by recurrent tides of immigration into Pennsylvania.
		St. Stephen's parish, therefore, from 1817 to 1871 was within the diocese known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Pennsylvania; from 1871 to 1909 it was within the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania; and after 1909, the diocese encompassing St. Stephen's was called the Diocese of Bethlehem.
	www.ststephenswb.org /page4.html (2618 words)

	Free Church of Scotland \| Free Church Moderator Designate
		Dr Ross has been minister of Greyfriars Free Church, Inverness, since 2002, and at present is Convener of the Church Extension Committee and of the Finance and Policy Committee.
		Due to the missionary links between the two denominations, he also pursued his missionary interest through membership of the Free Church Foreign Missions Board (as it was then known) from 1981 to 1986 and was a member of the Council of Management of Christian Witness to Israel (CWI), 1984–86.
		Dr Ross was accepted as a Free Church missionary for the Indian field in 1984, but was refused a visa in 1986.
	www.freechurch.org /news/assembly/07moderator.htm (363 words)

	Anglican Parish of Collingwood History 2 Free CofE
		When the Church of England decided to appoint an ordained minister to East Collingwood in 1862, Kinsman and his congregation objected to the appointment.
		Kinsman's church became part of a denomination known as the Victorian Free Church of England and Ireland or The Episcopal Free Church.
		In 1895 it was known locally as the Victorian Free Church and in 1902 as the Victorian Free Church Mission Hall.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~angcoll/StPhHistory2.html (188 words)

	Christianity in the British Isles Collection (6 volumes)
		Paul Avis is General Secretary of the Church of England's Council for Christian Unity, Sub-Dean of Exeter Cathedral, and Director of the Centre for the Study of the Christian Church.
		The Free Church of England as an independent jurisdiction within the Universal Church began in the reign of George III.
		He discusses why the Church has, so far, failed to fulfill the vision of its founders, and what the possible future of the Church might be - including a very significant expansion as many Anglicans and other Christians considering new options discover this historic, episcopal, disestablished Church with its international connections and ecumenical character.
	www.logos.com /products/prepub/details/2852 (1369 words)

	FREE CHURCH OF ENGLAND - Online Information article about FREE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
		CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr.
		work of the church, and to hold communion with Christians of other denominations." It was founded in 1844 in opposition to the Tractarian See also:
		Anglican church, while its free constitution and revised formularies meet the needs of members of that communion who resent sacerdotal and ritualistic tendencies.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /FRA_GAE/FREE_CHURCH_OF_ENGLAND.html (374 words)

	FREE CHURCH FEDERATION - Online Information article about FREE CHURCH FEDERATION
		This territorial arrangement eliminated all sectarian distinctions, and also the possibility of committing the different churches as such to any particular policy.
		Although the objects of the Free Church councils are thus in their nature and spirit religious rather than See also:
		The local councils do what is possible to prevent overlapping and excessive competition between the churches.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /FRA_GAE/FREE_CHURCH_FEDERATION.html (1126 words)

	Church Of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Church Care is brought to you by the Archbishops' Council, serving the parishes of the Church of England.
		Church Of England Gazette Is the official newsletter authorised by the Archbishops ofCanterbury and York as an official channel of communication forlay and clerical leaders throughout the Church of England.It is updated on a regular basis.
		Church Of England On Norfolk Island Of Christ's people seeking to live and grow in obedience to Him.
	www.resourcereference.com /directory/church/church-of-england.html (277 words)

	About the Free Church of England
		The FCE was founded by a group of Evangelical clergy and laity of the Church of England, who wanted to preserve the historic, Reformation faith and practice of the Church of England, and like Bishop Cummins, wished to be able to share with other Protestants in worship.
		The Liturgy of the FCE is that adopted by the C of E during the Reformation period.
		The governance of the FCE is carried on through the Bishops in Convocation with the rest of the clergy and the elected lay delegates from each parish, so that the Episcopacy of the FCE approaches closely the most primitive pattern.
	www.fcofe.org.uk /about_the_free_church_of_england.htm (1433 words)

	Jun 04 - News - Free Church of England split - Dominic Stockford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		They emphasise the traditions and heritage of the FCE, and point to the wording of the FCE Communion Service: ‘Our fellow Christians of other branches of Christ’s Church, and all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, are affectionately invited to the Lord’s Table’.
		They plan to invite a bishop from the Reformed Episcopal Church in USA to speak to Convocation to learn from their experiences — the REC are uniting with the Anglican Province of America, a basically Anglo-Catholic denomination.
		From this they hold the FCE to be a sola scriptura Church and place their overriding emphasis on biblical Evangelicalism, opposing the modern ecumenical movement.
	www.evangelical-times.org /etnews/jun04/jun04n17.htm (434 words)

	Free Church of England - Evangelical Connexion
		In keeping with the primitive history of the Free Church of England and the Reformed Episcopal Church the body is to be known as A CONNEXION OF COVENANTING CHURCHES and is not a new denomination.
		Local churches are to be responsible for the selection and appointment of their own ministers in consultation with the Bishops, Examination Board and the Annual Conference.
		Licences are to be issued to accredited clergy and laity, by the bishops, under the authority of the Annual Connexional Conference/Convocation.
	www.fce-ec.org.uk (596 words)

	Christian Today – Christian News > Church of England Disappointed by Christ-free Christmas Stamps
		The Church of England has sent a message of disappointment to the Royal Mail as it released its set of Christmas stamps for 2006 which neglect to feature Christ-related images in favour of festive fun.
		The Church of England has expressed its disappointment with the Royal Mail over this year's Christmas stamps, which are noticeably void of Christian references and opt instead for festive fun features.
		The established church in England delivered a note of "regret" at the lack of reference to the birth of Jesus Christ, while the Royal Mail said they alternated each year between religious and non-religious themes, reports AFP.
	www.christiantoday.com /article/church.of.england.disappointed.by.christfree.christmas.stamps/8232.htm (686 words)

	Christian News Monthly UK & Worldwide - Evangelicals Now
		The reason was the canonical prohibition in the Church’s canons (laws) of any kind of discrimination, including discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
		The Episcopal Church as a province has legitimised the exploration and experience of such rites and bishops, and on the basis of this provincial legitimisation, has granted permission for them to be developed and celebrated.
		The scenario that TEC was being approved was shattered when the Church of Nigeria website reported that, on Friday midday, a number of the Global South Primates had not shared in the midday communion service with their fellow Primates.
	www.e-n.org.uk /Trinity-Free-Church_31 (1056 words)

	Theology Today - Vol 15, No. 3 - October 1958 - EDITORIAL - The Church In the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		As all the world knows, the Free Churches are in dire straits, each year recording further losses (the Presbyterians are the sole exceptions, gaining about a modest 100 a year).
		The unity of Church of England is the determining factor, and the Anglo-Catholic "party" sits in the seats of power in the person of the Archbishop of York, Michael Ramsey, a gracious, brotherly man but no compromiser on what he believes to be fundamental.
		Pastor Ma Hsing-ki of the Congregational Church of Paoting (himself a Deputy and a member of the Provincial and Municipal China People's Consultative Committee) was accused of telling the clergy not to listen to the party and not to endorse it.
	theologytoday.ptsem.edu /oct1958/v15-3-editorial3.htm (2649 words)

	Chechemian
		This church was established in England on 2 November 1897 by a union of
		1972,Horst-Karl F.Block, FPEC Liberia, W.A. History of The Free Protestant Episcopal Church This church was established in England on 2 November 1897 by a union of several small British episcopates that had been established in the 1870s in reaction to the rising Anglo-Catholicism of the mother Church of England.
		Due to a lack of episcopal oversight, the western congregations at Calgary in Alberta, Regina in Saskatchewan, and Brandon and Winnipeg in Manitoba disappeared and the Western Diocese was formally dissolved on 15 March 1991.
	churches.net /churches/tifpec/Checkemian.htm (603 words)

	About the Reformed Episcopal Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Reformed Episcopal Church vigorously holds to the plain understanding of the 39 Articles of Religion of the English Reformation and adopted them as the doctrinal standard of the Church at her founding.
		The triennial General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church is not like the General Convention of the Episcopal Church USA since her bishops do not constitute a separate house but, rather, vote with the Clergy.
		The Reformed Episcopal Church is in fellowship through concordat with the Free Church of England (Otherwise known as the Reformed Episcopal Church in England) and the Anglican Province of America.
	www.trinityrec.org /files/aboutrec.htm (438 words)

	The Protestant Alliance: An Outreach Ministry of The Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church
		It was felt by those in the Reformed Church that the effects of the Oxford Movement in England had altered traditional Protestant churchmanship in the Episcopal Church and that a new teaching called "Anglo-Catholicism" had taken over the American Church.
		Some, like the Church of England in South Africa and the Free Church of England, have existed for over 100 years and have no relation to the modern traditionalist movement.
		The Diocese of the Advent was formed within the Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church to provide a structure for missionary activity across the U.S.A. and Canada for those parishes which have left other jurisdictions in order to maintain their Protestant identity and to assist in the formation of new congregations.
	www.reformer.org /articles/articles.cgi?action=fullscreen&primary_key=14 (1194 words)

	Free Presbyterian Church - Online Pamphlet
		In the early church, converts "continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship" (Acts 2:42).
		No converts should be sent to any church where they cannot emulate the converts of apostolic times and fellowship on the basis of sound doctrine.
		Here [in Russia] it is a free church, in the sense that it is not headed officially, as the Church of England is headed by the queen." (Los Angeles Times, May 14, 1982.
	www.freepres.org /pamphlet_details.asp?graham_bible (2346 words)

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